October 20, 2023
Beesotted is 1000 episodes old. Happy birthday to us. And in good old Beesotted style, the Beesotted crew went down the pub - The Castle Inn in Ealing - to celebrate fullyAnd what a bumper podcast we have for youIm this episode, we talked about Brentford's rise through the Championship that was halted somewhat by the Pandemic and how that changed everythingThen there was coming out of the pandemic which coinsided with Brentford's promotion to the Premier League at WembleyNext was the Premier League Years with Brentford's new global fanbase and an outlook on footballWhere to next?Billy The Bee Grant and Dave Laney Lane are joined by a plethora of characters both in the pub and in the virtual joint with members of the original podcast crew of Matt The Allard Allard, Martin The Dutchman Holland and Sav Savvy Bee Kyriacou joining us for a few swift halves. Also joining us were relative newbies Dan The Man Mann and Liberal Tom Fidler
Plus joining us from the virtual joint were a plethora of podcast contributors including:Liberal NickxG DaveWill The Spreadsheet WinkerRussty BeeJonathan JB BurchillLord Lou CanThe GowlerGerry the CabbieRobin Hood andKatie BeeEpisode one looked back at:Brentford's amazing first season in The Championship where they reached the Playoff Semi-Final against all oddsThe 'sacking' of Mark WarburtonThe madness of the Dijkhuizen era which lead to stability of Dean SmithThe Thomas Frank eraThe crashing of a couple's blind date at a podcast recorded in HammersmithMark Warburton telling us that he did not agree with Benham's approach to signing players and running his clubRob Rowan giving us his vision of the B teamThomas Frank telling us how he wasn't quite sure when he was offered a downgrade of a role to become Dean Smith's assistant at BrentfordEpisode ONE can be listened to here https://pod.fo/e/1f890aDont forget to buy us a beer at beesotted.com/beerProducer and Edited by Billy Grant
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